To be or not to be a tibial comb: A discussion on the (past) use of tibial armature in tribal/subtribal organization in Cholevinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae)

Abstract Detailed studies of microstructure have recently been shown to provide phylogenetic signals at several supraspecific levels within leiodid coleopterans, as well as in other insects. The tribe Ptomaphagini (Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with a Holarctic-Neotropical-Oriental distribution, has been...

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Main Authors: Pedro Gnaspini, Stewart Blaine Peck, Caio Antunes-Carvalho, Michel Perreau, Eduardo Coutinho Gomyde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492020000200218&lng=en&tlng=en